The thin line between games and malware

Games with elements that go beyond the scope of the permissions you'd assume you were giving a game (e.g. creating files, hidden extra saves or directories, looking at the files on your computer) for gameplay effect. (Not for games that are literally malware.)

Imscared
Imscared
Creating/deleting files (see comments).
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
The character Psycho Mantis comments on what kind of games you like to play by reading your memory card.
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Drops information about the player's Steam profile/user profile.
Lose/Lose
Lose/Lose
Self-explanatory.
Zork
Zork
The 'curse' for defiling a corpse is stored outside of your save file.
Undertale
Undertale
Hidden save file on completing a No Mercy route.
Deltarune: Chapter 1
Deltarune: Chapter 1
"Install this suspicious exe file bro trust me." Bonus points for the bug in SurveyProgram where the uninstaller deleted the entire directory it was contained in.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Erasing save files, reading information about the player's PC.
Irisu Syndrome
Irisu Syndrome
Fake 'window', creating text files.
OneShot
OneShot
Popups, creating files in other directories on your computer, changing your desktop background, fake 'window'.

3 Comments


4 months ago

IMSCARED did something like OneShot, Windows even recognised it as malware apparently

4 months ago

Great list idea! Would Psycho Mantis count?

4 months ago

@cowboyjosh Oh yeah, good pull, thanks!
@paq250_ Cool, I'd actually never heard of this. Added


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